id:			146709
accession number:	1972.158
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.158
updated:		2025-10-29 17:00:59.422000

Pair of Guardian Kings (Niō), 1200s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Chestnut and cypress wood; overall: 167.9 cm (66 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1972.158

title:				Pair of Guardian Kings (Niō)
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creation date:			1200s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1299
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture:	Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
technique:	Chestnut and cypress wood
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 167.9 cm (66 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

	title:		Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
	opening date:   1975-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018
	opening date:   2017-07-15T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15, 2017-January 2, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Buddhist temple in Shiga Prefecture, Japan
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	(Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1972
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1972–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1972.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 60, no. 3, 1973, pp. 63–115.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 98, no. 290; Mentioned: p. 114
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25093732

	<em>Nippon no bijutsu</em> (November 1972), no. 78.
	page number: 	pp. 105, 106, 111
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	Shōichi Uehara. "Wooden Statues of Vajrapāni." <em>Kobijutsu </em>古美術 (December 1972), no. 39, pp. 111–113.
	page number: 	Reproduced: plates pp. 105, 106
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	Zenzo Shimizu. "Japanese Sculptures in America and Canada," <em>Ars Buddhica </em>佛教藝術, no. 126 (September 1979), part I, pp. 67-88.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 70, fig. 13, and p. 71, fig. 14
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	Roukes, Nicholas. <em>Masters of Wood Sculpture</em>. New York: Watson-Guptill Publishers, 1980.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 14
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	Liebson, Milt. <em>Direct Wood Sculpture: Techniques, Innovation, Creativity</em>. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub, 2001.
	page number: 	p. 14
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